The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-10-08

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change Place the crowd surged and roared,
into carriage; the driver piled his lash on
but Fiske and bis wicked partner had leaped
the affrighted horses nor held his hand till
his precious freight was safe within the
Erie offices at the Grand Opera House.
Years have passed since then and many Of
the principal actors are either dead or sunk
in hopeless poverty, The man who stood
in the centre Of the gold pit that day and
bought million and eight hundred thou
sand Of gold dies In lunatic asylum after
enduring the pangs Of bitter, biting poverty
for over ten years. Jim Fisk was assassl-
mated by the man who now keeps one OF
the finest and most splendidly appointed
hotels in the United States, and after
standing twice In the shadow of the gallows
is nowlreported to be worth a million. Jim
Fisk's wicked partner Is now realizing the
truth of that excellent old adage. Virtue
Is its own reward" and instead Of decorat-
ing a lamppost on Broad street In front Of
the Stock Exchange, is now grandfather
highly respected (by some people), and he
can draw his check for fifty millions at
least. Funny world, isn't lts
Well, II WAS just from such a scene that
we were saye dlast weed. Our bank vaults
are pretty we'll depleted, many millions
of dollars having been sent to the West and
South. When the great crops OF the nation
are to be moved, Wall street is always
called upon to pay the freight bills. The
Bears watched the chance and jumped In,
but Uncle Samuel helped us out and we are
grateful. Money, however, IS tight, awful
tight, but II we can tide matters over for
sixty days we are tolerably safe for another
year.
While New York Is not supposed to be
the most virtuous place on the planet, there
is something about the atmosphere OF
Brooklyn that Is very malarious to clergy
that Brooklyn is in anywise destitute Of
Christian ministers who do their Master s
work and do It well, for it is not so. With
men like DR.. Storrs, DIR. John Hall, DR.,
Talmage, DR.. Berhend and many other able
ard upright Christian ministers. The
church itself is entirely safe, but Brooklyn
has proved Bette NoIR to dozens of weak
er disciples who came there with tolerablS
fair reputation but left 1t without any char.
acter whatever. Last week there were nc
less than three ecclesiastical trials for NOR.
al regeneration Of very heinous charac
ter. In one case young minister came to
Brooklyn from country church which he
had succeeded In building up from very
small and poor congregation to one of the
foremost in that district, His evangelical
work gave golden promise and he was
looked up to with reverence and affection
by old and young. He had most estlma
BILE wife and an interesting family. During
a revival in the village he became dread
fully enamoured of youthful orphan In
his congregation, whose father had left hel
considerable property. Under pretense Of
lsettling her estate, he succeeded In getting
a fatal influence over her which led the
poor girl to her ruin. Fully aware of his
domestic relations, and or the most friend
ly terms with his wife, she appears to have
surrendered herself entirely to this clerical
villain. What rendered the case more
shocking, he induced two members of hii
congregation, a lady and gentleman, to as
sist him In his Illicit meetings. The lady
was bosom friend of the unfortunate vic
tim, and the young man was confidant Of
the clergyman and he aided him In his ne
farious meetings under the promise of be
ing assisted to the ministry. Unique let
ters have been published on various sub
jects sacred and profane, but hardly any
thing can be found in literature. ancient ol
modern, that will compare with the effus
ions Of this canting rascal. He writes Il
his friend Harvey to arrange clandestint
interview with his victim and hopes thai
the Lord may prosper him In his undertak
ing, and invokes blessing ON his frlenG
for performing the nefarious service. H,
promises TO assist him to become Chris
tian minister, and bids him be yirtuous ant
asks to be remembered in his prayers. ant
at the same time begs his assistance In tn,
most Infamous of crimes, while plotting tn,
ruin OF his victim. The proofs of his In
fanny were so complete that he had not tn,
cheek to appear before the examining boart
but rendered his resignation, which, to tn,
shame of the church, was accepted insteat
OF his summary dismissal.
II The other two cases are not quite SO bat
: but bad enough in all conscience. though
neither of the offenders have been yet con
! victed. While on this subject am re
minded Of the case of the Reverend Howard
! Carroll whose death noticed few week,
ago. Some years ago he was driven from
Brooklyn in disgrace and died In exile IL
the far west. In the height of his prosper
ity his congregation erected for him q yer,
beautiful church in one OF the most delight
full situations In Brooklyn. 1t was magnl
J 6cently arranged inside, had grand organ
stained glass windows and attached to tn,
church was an elegant parsonage, beauti
fully furnished with everything that tn,
: heart OF reasonable man could desire
, When the minister's offenses became flagr.
ant the church diYided, one party sustain
ing him and the other determined to dirty,
! him out. The fight was long and bitter
but at last he vacated his pulpit after ont
, Of the most bitter and scathlng sermons
|. ever preached in Brooklyn. Another wa
called to ill his place, most worthy mar
and an excellent preacher, but 3 ours,
seemed to rest upon the church; the con
gregation struggled against fate; they could
} DOT pay the interest on the mortgage. ant
a few months ago II was sold TO the Scottisl
, Rite Masons and was dedicated with mos
I; imposing ceremonies on Saturday. TIL,
event brought together the most brillian
/ assemblARe of masons ever seen IN Rroolr